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CVE-2004-1308

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2005-01-06 tiff -- directory entry count integer overflow vulnerability

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2004-1308
Phase Assigned(20041221)

Description

Integer overflow in (1) tif_dirread.c and (2) tif_fax3.c for libtiff 3.5.7 and 3.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TIFF file containing a TIFF_ASCII or TIFF_UNDEFINED directory entry with a -1 entry count, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

Source Reference
IDEFENSE 20041221 libtiff Directory Entry Count Integer Overflow Vulnerability
APPLE APPLE-SA-2005-05-03
CONECTIVA CLA-2005:920
DEBIAN DSA-617
MANDRAKE MDKSA-2005:052
REDHAT RHSA-2005:019
REDHAT RHSA-2005:035
SUNALERT 101677
SUNALERT 201072
SUSE SUSE-SA:2005:001
CERT TA05-136A
CERT-VN VU#125598
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100117
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9392
SECUNIA 13776
XF libtiff-tiff-tdircount-bo(18637)